See Also: Sphenoid(medicine)
sphenoid(dictionary)
sphenoid crest(medicine)
sphenoid bone(medicine)
sphenoid process(medicine)
sphenoid sinus(medicine)
sphenoid sinusitis(medicine)
Bone, sphenoid(health)
rostrum of the sphenoid bone(medicine)
body of sphenoid bone(medicine)

enarch (iou) and sphenoid (iou)


enarch (iou)



enarch verb1 trans. . LME.
[formed as EN-1, IN-2 + ARCH noun1; perh. orig. from Old French enarchier.]
Build or draw in the form of an arch. LME.
Arch in, set or draw an arch over. M16.

sphenoid (iou)



sphenoid adjective & noun. M18.
[mod. Latin spheno(e)ides from Greek sphenoeides, from sphen wedge: see -OID.]
A. adjective. Designating, of, or pertaining to a bone of irregular shape situated at the base of the skull, in front of the temporal and occipital bones. M18.
b. noun.
Anatomy & Zoology. The sphenoid bone; each of the separate parts of this. E19.
Crystallography. A long wedge-shaped prismatic crystal form of the sphenoidal class. Also = DISPHENOID. M19.